Various socialist welfare states in Europe are on the edge of bankruptcy. Third World countries like Egypt are seeing food prices soar and income to buy food shrink. Saudi may be experiencing a peak in their ability to deliver oil, causing higher prices. Increasing numbers of people are seeing that the value of what they produce is below the cost to feed and shelter them. The next five years may turn very ugly.
We may be coming back to the times of the “Victory Garden”. With unemployment way up, perhaps some businesses could hire people for 9 or 10 months and pay them 12 months of salary at a reduced rate, so they can do some serious gardening and preserving for several months. There are some teaching situations already where the teachers can choose to work 10 months at full salary devided into 10, or work 10 months but get paid during 12 months at a 10/12th rate each month.